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PENDLETON — Oregon is experimenting with salting roads along a few state border crossings to de-ice them, but it has no plans to apply rock salt to Interstate 84, where a tour bus crash last month killed nine people.
Most neighboring states use rock salt on their roads, so drivers may face icier roads as they cross into Oregon, which has cost and environmental reasons for relying on sand and less-corrosive magnesium chloride.
Salt lowers the freezing temperature of water. But rock salt also rusts out vehicles and bridges, and Oregon doesn't want rock salt winding up in the Columbia Basin, the East Oregonian reported.
The Oregon State Police say the Dec. 30 tour bus crash happened on a stretch of road with ice and snow patches, but they have said it may take weeks to determine what caused it.
The crash, though, has raised the question of salting Oregon highways.
"Am I in the minority that feels like there is a moral obligation to this?" said Oregon truck driver Larry Phelps. "At some point we have to see that this is costing lives. I'm tired of seeing cars turned upside down on my route."
Phelps, 62, said the state is a running joke among truckers: "You can't wait to get out of the state so you can relax."
As an alternative to sodium chloride, or salt, Oregon uses magnesium chloride. That lowers the freezing point of water to about 25 degrees, while traditional rock salt lowers it to about 15 degrees. But the magnesium chloride is also 70 percent less corrosive than salt.
After numerous wrecks involving cars driving in from salting states, Oregon has begun five-year tests of applying salt on 11 miles of Interstate 5 near the California border and 120 miles of U.S. 95 as it cuts through southeastern Oregon between Nevada and Idaho.
Department of Transportation spokesman Tom Strandberg said, however, that salting Interstate 84 at the Idaho border "is not on the horizon."
"We can't just go out and begin using salt," said department District Manager Marilyn Holt. "Oregon is a very environmentally conscious state with very tough groundwater laws."
She said extensive salting would mean expenses for equipment and retrofits.
Strandberg said ODOT applies both sand and magnesium chloride to known trouble spots — curves, inclines and places where ice tends to accumulate — and gives priority to highly frequented roads. A few hours before the crash, the department had put sand on that stretch of I-84.
"Unfortunately, we just don't have the money to hit every spot," he said. "It's often a judgment call by local crews."
Information from: East Oregonian, http://www.eastoregonian.info

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NEWARK, N.J. - Jaromir Jagr set up two goals and tied former teammate Mario Lemiuex for 10th on the NHL's career assists list with 1,033 to help the New Jersey Devils beat Washington 2-1, handing the fading Capitals their seventh straight loss Friday night.
The 41-year-old Jagr is seven behind Marcel Dionne for ninth place.
Stephen Gionta and Adam Henrique scored and Cory Schneider stopped 30 shots for New Jersey. The Devils have won two straight and have earned points in eight of nine games.
Jason Chimera scored for Washington. The Capitals have lost 13 of 16 and the seven-game slide is their longest since late 2010. All-Star Alex Ovechkin missed his second straight game because of a lower-body injury.
DETROIT (AP) ? Henrik Zetterberg, Nicklas Kronwall and Gustav Nyquist each had a goal and an assist and Detroit beat Montreal to win two straight at home for the first time since October.
Riley Sheahan also scored for Detroit, and Jonas Gustavsson made 30 saves.
Brendan Gallagher scored for Montreal, and Carey Price stopped 22 shots.
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) ??? Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and an assist in Colorado's victory over Florida.
Jamie McGinn and Paul Stastny also scored for Colorado and Semyon Varlamov made 34 saves. The Avalanche won for the fifth time in six games.
Scottie Upshall scored twice for Florida, and Tim Thomas stopped 22 shots. The Panthers lost for the first time in three games.


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Former Vice President Dick Cheney has received last-minute medical clearance to return to his home state and speak at the Wyoming Republican state convention in Cheyenne.
State GOP Chairwoman Tammy Hooper says the speech Saturday will be Cheney's first public engagement since he got a heart transplant three weeks ago.
Cheney had been scheduled to speak at the convention but the transplant surgery canceled those plans. The operation took place in Virginia on March 24.
Cheney is 71 and spent almost two years waiting for a new heart. He has a long history of heart disease including five heart attacks.
Hooper says Wyoming Republicans are thrilled that Cheney will attend the convention. Cheney's daughter, Liz Cheney, is scheduled to give the keynote speech Saturday.


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Becky is a Liberal Studies (teacher preparation) and Andy is a Business Administration/Marketing major.
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I would volunteer, but I will be in Estes wearing a skirt.
Charles, If you want to borrow the trailer, I'll go get it with the 4runner.
I can help on Labor Day also...just not the 11th, as I'll be hosting a GTG BBQ :wink:
Monday (Labor day) I'm going to try and move the big stuff - depending on trailer availability. Andrew, if its available, I'll find a ball for the hitch somewhere and can come get it - let me know. I'll come bearing Frankincense, myrrh and Newcastle - ok, maybe just that last one. Thanks again everyone!
the Jeep has the standard towing package, so i'm guessing its wired as well. I could run down and borrow your um... "ball" sunday, which would be less driving for you.


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The lake level was 659.1; with heavy generation scheduled, the lake should hold at that level through the weekend. Surface temperature at Bagnell Dam was 80 degrees; tributary temperatures are 78 to 82 degrees depending on location and time of day. Truman Lake is nine feet over pool.
BLACK BASS – It took 23.05 pounds to win the Wednesday Night Tourney, Big Bass was 5.77 pounds. Lower Osage: Good, try Bullseye jigs tipped with soft plastics like Berkley's Havoc Craw Fatty, Power Worm, or Yum's Pit Boss around docks and on chunk rock banks. Glaize Arm: Good, try spinnerbaits, Bullseye jigs tipped with soft plastics around docks or rocky points. Mid-Lake: Good, try spinnerbaits or Yum's soft plastic Money Craw around dock brush; also try crankbaits on points. Niangua Arm: Good, try 10-inch Red Shad colored Berkley Power Worms, Money Craws or shaky heads around docks and crankbaits like Norman's Deep Little N or Rapala's DT10 on points and flats. Little Niangua River: No reported fish. Gravois Arm: Good, try jigs tipped with soft plastic critters. Upper Osage: Fair to good, try Zoom Magnum Finesse worms on shaky heads, also try Berkley's 7- or 10-inch Power Worm around docks. Osage 60 MM: Slow, try shaky heads and Power Worms on flat-shaped points.
CATFISH – Bagnell Dam Tailwater: Excellent on cut shad, some fish are very big. Lower Osage: Good on rod and reel baited with cut bait. Glaize Arm: Good, try in the coves with nightcrawlers or chicken livers. Mid-Lake: Good around Tan-Tara Island on cut bait. Niangua Arm: Excellent, try nightcrawlers, cut bait, and chicken livers around docks. Little Niangua River: Good on traditional baits. Gravois Arm: Good on rod and reel baited with dead minnows or cut shad. Upper Osage: Excellent on rod-and-reel and jugs; try shad sides or frozen herring. Osage 60 MM: Good to excellent on rod-and-reel from docks baited with nightcrawlers or prepared bait; for juglines or trotlines try goldfish. Truman Tailwater: Good on cut bait.
CRAPPIE – Bagnell Dam Tailwater: Fair to good around the campground. Try chartreuse colored curly tail jigs. Lower Osage: Fair, try minnows and blue ice colored jigs around big boat docks. Glaize Arm: Fair, try jigs or minnows fished around deep boat docks. Mid-Lake: Fair, try jigs around brush. Niangua Arm: Fair, try jigs over brush. Little Niangua River: Fair to good in deeper holes. Gravois Arm: Very good, try minnows or blue-and-white jigs around docks. Upper Osage: Very good, the spawn is over, fish are 12 to 16feet deep. Minnows are best. Osage 60 MM: Fair to good, the fish are 12 to 14-feet deep. Minnows are best.
WALLEYE – Bagnell Dam Tailwater: No reported fish. Mid-Lake: Fair to good, try trolling Norman's Deep Little N or Rapala's DT10 on flats and points. Also, try vertical jigging Dixie Jet Spoons 14 to 16 feet deep. Niangua Arm: Fair, try trolling Norman's Deep Baby N, Rapala's DT6, or Cordell's Wally Diver on flats and points near deep water. Also, try vertical jigging Dixie Jet Spoons 14 to 16 feet deep. Upper Osage: Fair to good, crappie anglers are taking the most fish. Osage 60 MM: Fair to good, crappie anglers are taking the most fish. Truman Tailwater: No reported fish.
WHITE AND HYBRID BASS – Bagnell Dam Tailwater: Excellent for whites and hybrids on white Heddon Torpedoes and Bill Lewis Rat-L-Traps. Lower Osage: No reported fish. Glaize Arm: Poor, try white jigs in coves, also try Dixie Jet Spoons on flats and points. Mid-Lake: Poor to fair on spoons in open water. Niangua Arm: Try sqaurebill crankbaits and spoons like the Dixie Jet or Bass Pro Shops XPS Tungsten Jigging Spoon on points. Little Niangua River: Poor, the spawn is over. Gravois Arm: No reported fish. Osage 60 MM: No reported fish.
BLUEGILL – Excellent around docks or submerged brush, try worm pieces, or Berkley Berkley's Gulp Crickets.
NOTE: The Lower Osage is from the dam to the 22-mile mark; Mid-Lake is between the 22 and 38-mile marks; the Upper Osage is between the 38 and 55-mile marks; the Osage 60 MM is between the 55-mile mark and the 89-mile mark; and the 89 MM is between the 89 MM and the Rt. 65 Bridge.
UPDATES – Bagnell Dam – Dam Bait Shop (573-216-2084); Lower Osage and Glaize Arm – Guide Skip Surbaugh (573-365-0006); Midlake and Gravois – Mike Foree @ Osage Beach Bait & Tackle (573-348-9333); Niangua Arm – Darrell Taylor; Upper Osage – Guide John Blankenbeker (573-280-1455); Little Niangua River – Greenmill Campground, (573-363-5577); Osage 60 MM – Bryants Osage Outdoors, www.osagetackle.com (573-374-2278); coming soon, Truman Dam Tailwater – The Osage Mini Mart, Warsaw (660-438-9575); Tourney Results – www724outdoors.com; Lake Level (573-365-9205). Compiled by Darrell Taylor.


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Have you ever said something like this to a friend:
"Okay – I have this idea…
You then spend a good three minutes explaining your idea – and you finish off by asking,]
"…Is that a good idea? Or am I just, like, COMPLETELY freakin' NUTS?"
So, let's talk about this little habit for a moment, okay?
Here's why.
#1: The IDEA is not the problem.
And #2: YOU are.
If you recognize yourself in that above example, it's okay. But please understand the REAL ISSUE.
The real issue is not about the idea. The real issue is about DOING IT. And the even realer issue is about fear.
So here's what to do about all of your ideas – so you can (gasp!) DO something about them.
1. Consider HOW you share your ideas.
Say you're sharing an idea with a friend. And say you add the self-deprecating "finisher." (ie, "…or is that the stupidest thing you've ever heard?")
This is the "smoke and mirrors" approach to sharing an idea. The share-ee, rather than getting to help you with your idea – now has to deal with the QUESTION you've presented – which is dramatic, self-defacing, and has nothing at all to do with your idea.
Imagine you're sitting in front of someone who's considering investing in your idea. Would she even give you a second of her time if you closed with one of your self-deprecating questions?
No chance.
Your friend has the same dilemma.
When it comes right down to it, people read your energy MORE THAN they absorb your idea. If your energy is all over the place, it's hard for them to take your idea seriously.
2 – "Procrastination-by-Inquiry."
Back when I was a musician on the road somewhere in the midwest, I was up late one night in my hotel room. I caught an MTV video with an electric guitar player surrounded by women clad in nothing but plastic thongs. I got an idea for a song.
Rather than pick up my guitar and begin writing, I did the next best thing.
I waited.
Later, I called my friend Kathy. I explained about the video and about my song idea– and shared a list of reasons my idea was boring, and should I just give up on everything in my life?
After a long pause, Kathy said, "Tell you what Christine. You write the song. Then we'll decide if it's good."
Face it. There's absolutely NO way to know if an idea is going to be "a good idea." In fact, there's at least 10 good reasons it's NOT going to work. Asking people about your idea is often just "Procrastination-by-Inquiry." You aren't going to know if it's good until you start DOING something about it.
(p.s. I wrote the song. It became probably my most popular song at live shows.)
3 – Be careful WHO you share your idea with
I'm guessing there's at least five people in your life with one common trait:
They're the WORST people you could EVER share a new idea with. They'll tell you it's a terrible idea – and that yes you ARE, in fact, insane.
So, then, why are we compelled to share our ideas with these five folks?
Well, they provide an amazing service. In fact, we secretly LOVE these people!
Because they give us the go ahead to not take action! After all, if Uncle Richie says that your idea for a vegetarian catering service stinks – then hey, good news! You don't have to face your fears! Now you get to head home and dive headlong into a bag of Cheeto's and binge watch Netflix!
Do yourself a favor. For the sake of your spirit and your ability to take action – be mindful of who gets to hear about ANY of your ideas.
4 – The most crucial question of all.
Ask yourself this question to end all rumination and make you the most productive kid on your block
"What is the very next step I need to take?"
Here's a secret:
Getting the idea is step one. The rest of the steps are all about tricking your ego into shutting up so you can get stuff done. The ego would prefer it if you'd just continue getting big ideas. The ego LOVES your big ideas because then it can reach into its arsenal of big fears and big dramas – and it can MATCH your big idea.
The ego doesn't have much to say when you sit down and do some work for 30 minutes. That's not nearly dramatic enough.
So, what's the next step you need to take?
5 – Give it Legs.
The most successful people make decisions quickly.
Even if that doesn't apply to every single decision, it makes perfect sense. Many of us let our emotions and our drama become the perfect excuse for procrastination and fear.
Wanna know the exactly how to have faith in your idea?
Decide to do it.
Tell someone you're going to do it. Move forward. Then wake up tomorrow and decide again.
Anytime your faith wavers, decide again.
Repeat until successful.
Share with me below! What's an idea you keep on putting off? And why oh why do you keep putting it off???
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On opposite coasts, two terrific story lines emerged last season: The Oakland A's and the Baltimore Orioles—teams many predicted would finish at the bottom of their divisions—wowed all of baseball by leaping into the American League pennant race and earning postseason berths.
Annual powerhouses and big spenders such as the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels watched as Oakland and Baltimore got unexpected contributions, enjoyed enormous late-game success and captured the imaginations of their fans.
"Baltimore and (the) Oakland A's have been the great stories of the year," Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said during last year's playoffs. "They've been absolutely unbelievable."
But after a season in which the A's won 94 games and the Orioles 93, the two teams won't sneak up on anyone in 2013—and there are no guarantees that they can repeat their success, especially in two of baseball's toughest divisions.
"It's going to be hard for Oakland in particular to duplicate what they did last year," one major league executive says. "It's impossible to predict if they could do that again because of their economic situation."
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The A's low payroll was one of the primary reasons their season was so astonishing. They spent the least in the league (just over $55 million) but won the AL West on the final day of the season, outclassing rich rivals such as the Texas Rangers and Angels. As promised by vice president and general manager Billy Beane the day after its 2012 season ended, Oakland's payroll will grow in 2013. That became clear when the team acquired outfielder Chris Young, who will make $8.5 million this season.
In so doing, however, the A's had to say goodbye to a key component to their underdog squad: platoon outfielder Jonny Gomes, whose leadership was routinely cited by teammates when asked to explain Oakland's success. The team's confidence was sky-high, especially in the second half, and Gomes and another since-departed veteran, third baseman Brandon Inge, were major factors in that strong self-belief.
"Chemistry can be overblown," one major league scout says, "but with a young team in a small market like that, with all the roster changes they have, part of what was special about their team was the clubhouse culture and the chemistry. Gomes was in the middle of that."
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The addition of Young gives Oakland four top-notch outfielders, joining center fielder Coco Crisp and two of 2012's revelations: Cuban rookie Yoenis Cespedes and right fielder Josh Reddick, who led the A's with 32 homers and won a Gold Glove.
The team has infield questions, however, even after signing Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima and acquiring the versatile Jed Lowrie from the Houston Astros. Josh Donaldson is atop the depth chart at third base and Brandon Moss likely will be counted on as an everyday first baseman.
Oakland still has its best and not-so-secret weapon for making another strong push: pitching, lots of it, especially starting pitching. The A's young starters were terrific in 2012 and only should get better. Jarrod Parker has the makings of a future All-Star, Tommy Milone is a steady lefthander, and A.J. Griffin and Dan Straily came out of nowhere last season—they both began the year at Class AA—to show great promise. Brett Anderson, the team's No. 1 starter, returned from Tommy John surgery in August and pitched as if he hadn't missed a beat.
The bullpen also features excellent young talent, especially setup men Ryan Cook (an All-Star last season) and Sean Doolittle. Grant Balfour reclaimed the closer job with a vengeance in the final two months of the season, and his fire helped propel the A's down the stretch.
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Oakland showed a real flair for the dramatic all season, with a major league-best 14 walkoff wins. The Orioles were even better in the late going, dominating the competition in close wins and extra innings. Baltimore went 29-9 in one-run games and 16-2 in extra innings—with all 16 extra-innings wins coming consecutively to finish the season. The Orioles outscored opponents 33-5 in extra innings.
With each close win, Baltimore became more and more assured.
"They had self-confidence, swagger," Beane says. "They gained sort of an 'us-against-the-world' attitude because everyone kept waiting for them to disappear."
That helped the team engineer a complete reversal, going from 93 losses in 2011 to 93 wins in 2012, an exemplary first season for general manager Dan Duquette. The Orioles used 52 players over the course of the season and Duquette, juggling furiously, made a remarkable 178 roster moves. From old (Jim Thome, 42) to new (Manny Machado, 20), it somehow all came together.
"I was impressed with how proactive the front office was," Baltimore manager Buck Showalter says.
Showalter, who finished a close second to Oakland's Bob Melvin in the AL manager of the year voting, used 12 different starters, and only one, Wei-Yin Chen, made more than 20 starts.
"People thought they would go away," New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "They never went away."
The plus from using so many players: The Orioles will have a better idea what they're working with in 2013, and the pitching should be more settled, with Chen and Jason Hammel, in particular, having established themselves. Machado appears to be a star in the making, tripling and singling in his major league debut Aug. 9. Although a shortstop in the minors, he solidified third base in Baltimore.
The Orioles' bullpen became a beast, particularly in the second half, and was a primary reason the club fared so well close and late. Closer Jim Johnson was spectacular, with an MLB-best and club-record 51 saves. Brian Matusz, a former first-round pick, was sent to Class AAA to convert to relief, and he became an effective lefthanded bullpen option. Tommy Hunter, also moved to the bullpen, went 3-0 with a 0.71 ERA in 10 September outings. Matusz will return to the rotation this season, Showalter says.
From an offensive standpoint, Baltimore's power was a difference-maker. The Orioles were second in the majors with 214 homers, including 33 from Chris Davis and 32 from Adam Jones.
With Machado, Jones, two-time All-Star catcher Matt Wieters and 20-year-old starter Dylan Bundy, the Orioles have plenty to build on and fewer potential concerns than the A's. Still, Baltimore plays in the AL East, a division usually dominated by the Yankees and Boston Red Sox, and the Toronto Blue Jays had an offseason overhaul, adding players such as shortstop Jose Reyes and starters Mark Buehrle, Josh Johnson and R.A. Dickey.
Baltimore was ninth in the AL in runs and could use some more offense, especially after losing first baseman Mark Reynolds' 23 homers in free agency. The good news: Right fielder Nick Markakis is fully recovered from the broken left thumb he suffered in early September, and left fielder Nate Reimold (neck surgery) and second baseman Brian Roberts (hip surgery) also are expected to be healthy after several seasons of injuries.
"There's no reason they can't do what they did again," Beane says. "I can't imagine they won't, especially when they have some other young players coming. … I look at them as a team that will get better. I view Baltimore's rise as great for baseball."
Oakland and Baltimore showed good resilience in overcoming setbacks, a good sign for 2013. While the Orioles lost Markakis down the stretch and didn't falter, the A's lost third baseman Scott Sizemore on the first day of the spring, signed Inge after several other options fizzled and then lost Inge to shoulder surgery in September. Donaldson, a converted catcher, did the job well the rest of the way.
Then the A's lost starter Bartolo Colon to a drug suspension in August and another starter, Brandon McCarthy, on September 5 when McCarthy was struck by a line drive and required emergency brain surgery. When Anderson was felled by an oblique strain, the A's wound up with an all-rookie rotation the final two weeks of the regular season, but they won their final six games to claim the AL West title in startling fashion.
"They did a good job of eliminating excuses," Showalter says. "Some people don't like eliminating excuses, 'Oh, woe is me.' … You get a little tired of hearing about teams' problems."
Beane insists his team's 2012 success wasn't a fluke—and there are numbers to support that claim.
"There are some key fundamental things we did that suggest we have a good team," he says. "One simple one is run difference, which was 99. We're a team that scored more than we gave up. And I don't think we snuck up on anyone."
Showalter says he didn't think anyone on his club was surprised with their performance in 2012. "Who was surprised?" Showalter asks in mock indignation, adding with a grin, "I was a little surprised."
For Showalter, 2012 was just the beginning. Losing in the Division Series to the Yankees didn't sit well with his club.
"There is a pretty good fire that has been ignited," Showalter says. "No one was satisfied. No one was celebrating after Game 5 with the Yankees. We felt like we'd had a bigger opportunity."
One thing that stuck out to Beane in September was that the A's and Orioles played one of the biggest series of the month in Oakland. "Who'd have thunk?" he says. "Baltimore and Oakland. That's refreshing."
Showalter paid attention to the A's late charge in part because of the playoff ramifications but also because he got a little caught up in the excitement, which was much like what his own team experienced.
"I guess there were some similarities, just, I think, from an energy, and I think the mentality that was going on a little bit," he says. "It kind of snowballed for both clubs. There's no Cinderellas, but I know sometimes—I'm sure Bob (Melvin), in a private moment, coaching staffs kind of look at each other and go, This is pretty cool, you know. I'm not so old that I can't take that in and go 'Wow!'
"There's many a night where I kind of said, 'Boy, I'm pretty lucky to be a part of this. Hope I don't screw it up.' "
Susan Slusser covers baseball for the San Francisco Chronicle. This feature also appears in Sporting News' 2013 Baseball Yearbook.


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It's been brought to my attention that the Bottom Shelf has been relying too heavily on overlong digressions about my home life, Scrabble habits, and condiment preferences. The criticism hurt; being told I stray too far from the topic felt as if Emily had come home late, played "quozz" for a triple-word score, and then rubbed Cholula in my eyes. But I am nothing if not handsome, and nothing else if not responsive to the desires of the medium people, so I've decided to drop all the narcissistic tween-on-Facebook bullshit and give you what you came here for: The official Bottom Shelf primer on the state of the American political system.
I studied journalism but have never really practiced it—mostly because no one will let me, but also because I recognized early on that my style of writing doesn't lend itself to efficient, objective analysis of a specific topic (except for my clinically precise fast food pieces, such as the shameless Pulitzer-bait about Wendy's Cheddarburgers).
But even though I don't practice news, I preach its importance every chance I get. I love listening to smart radio shows and reading whichever couple of newspapers and websites still report news in between charts and slideshows of the 25 best cheap lunch spots for locavore yoga dads. I find the news—broadly defined as "all the interesting stuff people outside my social circle are doing, thinking, and warring over"—to be fascinating, and I also think my fellow loudmouths and I owe it to the rest of you to at least know what the hell we're screeching about.
The only downside to expending very little energy during the day is that I don't sleep well at night. I go to bed at a normal time, but I can rarely fall asleep within the first hour. Rather than stare at the ceiling or count loads of laundry I might as well be doing, I lay there in the dark and listen to the BBC news all night. It's a great way to pass the time, and British voices are so soothing, especially when they're being condescending about whichever irrational American science-denier they've decided to let represent all of us that day.
The BBC is also a great source of whatever might be happening in the benighted precincts of Earth where they don't care who's in the Super Bowl or what the Lohan kid crashed her car into that day. That was especially nice throughout 2011, when there were all sorts of exciting revolutions happening abroad and boring teams Super Bowling at home.
But for the past month or so, even the BBC has been taken over by incessant babble about American politicians. This may seem to contradict my stated love of "the news," but I simply don't care how many wives this one had, how much that one paid in taxes, or how many lovely speeches the other one gave. I care very much about what they actually get done, but since there's never much to say in that regard, the media—even the good media—is reduced to pretending it matters what the candidates say every day of the year-long panderama that precedes the actual election.
Now that the weirdo novelty candidates are mostly gone, we don't even get their nuttiness sprinkled atop the blandly disingenuous sundaes served up by the more polished professionals. So for the next 10 months, my American and British news outlets are going to be relentlessly boring fonts of polling data and antimatter, which is why I'm moving to Canada until Election Day.
A lot of Americans fake-threaten to flee to Canada if their candidate loses, but I think it makes more sense to just skip north until it's time to come back and vote. I would never abandon my countrymen for good just because they elected the wrong guy, but I look forward to 10 blissful months of Canadian information while the American newswaves are polluted by nonsense.
The only hitch in this plan is that I haven't had much luck with Canadian beverages. Even if Moosehead, Molson, Labatt's, and all that are a notch above their American macrolager equivalents, that's still a couple notches short of satisfactory. Plus it gets cold up there; Canada (I've got my eye on Vancouver and Toronto specifically) seems more of a whiskey sort of place this time of year.
I've said unkind things in this space about Canadian Club and Black Velvet, so I wasn't optimistic about Canadian Mist, but I was desperate so I got a 750 mL bottle for $12.99 and set about to drinking myself through the visa application.
Well guess who finally didn't get hosed? This temporary ex-pat and anyone who wants to come help me finish the bottle at my going-away party. Canadian Mist has a gentle aroma of sweet orange perfume, light and floral without any sting. The flavor is unique in my experience with blended Canadian whiskies, which tend to replace the generic vanilla-caramel blandness of cheap American whiskey with a sugary-yet-acrid tire-fire element clearly intended to scare the Yanks away.
Canadian Mist is good stuff, and I can't wait to load up at the duty free on the way home in November.
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Super Bowl XLVII postscript: 49ers fall short of Ravens, final plays questioned
Monday morning quarterbacks across the country asked the question. What was 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh thinking on those final four plays inside Baltimore's 10 yard line with less than three minutes left and trailing by five points in the Super Bowl?
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In one of the wildest NFL championship games ever seen (even in the darkest moments), the Baltimore Ravens captured their second Super Bowl title this century by holding on to beat the San Francisco 49ers, 34-31, in New Orleans Sunday night.
Some observers, including Niners head coach Jim Harbaugh, might take the 'holding' part of that opening statement literally near the end of the game. Harbaugh complained of poor officiating on his team's final drive of the contest, saying wide receiver Michael Crabtree was held by Raven defensive back Jimmy Smith on a 4th down pass attempt. San Francisco was trying to take the lead for the first time in the game after being down, 28-6, at the start of the third quarter.
"At the end of the game, it went like it did," Crabtree told 49ers.com. "There was a lot of contact… It happened like that."
Second-year quarterback Colin Kaepernick had driven the 49ers to the Ravens' seven yard line with 2:39 left in the game. However, a short run and three incomplete passes later, the Niners offense left the field defeated and dejected. Running back Frank Gore, who had rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown earlier in the game, wasn't included in any of the four plays. NFL.com reported several San Francisco players weren't happy with the plays called deep in the red zone at the end of the game.
"As a player, all I could think of was maybe running a different play, but that's just a player mentality," tight end Vernon Davis said, via The Associated Press. "[49ers offensive coordinator] Greg Roman, he called the shots. We gotta go with it and respect his calls. He believed in it, we believed in it, but it just didn't work."


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The Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery forms an integral part of the Heart Institute at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and is the leading provider of comprehensive pediatric cardiovascular services in Western Pennsylvania.
The division has the lowest overall four-year surgical mortality rate among medium- and high-volume programs in the country with a rate of 1.1%, according to the latest data compiled by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (2008-2012).
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Toys R Us recalling remote-control helicopters
Rechargeable battery can overheat, posing fire, burn hazards
Toys R Us is recalling about 6,500 remote-control helicopters because the rechargeable battery can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards.
This recall involves the Fast Lane FA-005 Radio Control 3-Channel Helicopter with Gyro Stabilizer and Charger, model number 5F5F2F5. The model number is printed on the front of the product packaging and on the underside of the helicopter.
The double-rotor helicopters are blue and white, about 9 inches high and have the Fast Lane logo on the top of the helicopter. They were sold for about $100 from September through January with a remote control unit, a battery charger and a carrying case.
Toys R Us has received 11 reports worldwide of the rechargeable battery overheating. No injuries have been reported.
Consumers should immediately stop using the remote-controlled helicopter and return all components to a Toys R Us store for a full refund or store credit.


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The information below is designed to help you understand what your latest blood pressure readings may mean for your health -- and to provide tips on what you can do to get or keep your blood pressure in a healthy zone.
NOTE: This information isn't a substitute for medical advice provided by your doctor. If you think you might have hypertension or elevated blood pressure, be sure to discuss your blood pressure concerns with a doctor or nurse, who can help you factor in other important information, such as other medical problems you may have. In particular, the information below may not always apply to those who are very old, very frail, or have multiple chronic medical conditions. View the full blood pressure chart.
Definitions of blood pressure terms
Systolic (the upper number in the reading) is the pressure in the arteries when the heart beats; it measures how hard the heart muscle is working to pump blood throughout the body.
Diastolic (the lower number in the reading) is the pressure of the blood against the blood vessel walls between heartbeats when the heart is relaxed.
What a blood pressure reading of 125/68 means
Readings between 120/61 and 129/79 usually indicate ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE, indicating you don't have hypertension but your blood pressure is higher than what experts consider optimal for most adults. Research studies suggest that people with elevated blood pressure are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke, compared to people with lower blood pressure. However, many experts currently don't recommend using medications to treat elevated blood pressure, unless the patient also has other medical conditions that would benefit from lower blood pressure (such as heart failure or kidney disease).
Many people with elevated blood pressure eventually develop true hypertension, so having blood pressure checked regularly is important.
If you're already on medications for high blood pressure, this level of blood pressure is often considered adequate control by most doctors.
What to do if your blood pressure reading is 125/68
Make an appointment with your doctor to discuss your blood pressure concerns.
Ask your doctor to check for other conditions that can raise blood pressure, such as sleep apnea.
Ask your pharmacist or doctor if you're on any medications that can raise blood pressure (these can include NSAIDs as well as some antidepressants).
If you're already on medications for blood pressure, continue to take them as prescribed.
Optional: Because elevated blood pressure eventually can develop into true hypertension, consider getting a home blood pressure monitor that uses an arm cuff, and check your blood pressure occasionally to see if it's going into the hypertensive range. (Wrist and finger monitoring systems don't give accurate results.) Write down each reading, indicating the date and time, and bring this record to the doctor when you visit.
Make lifestyle changes:
Stop smoking.
Lose weight or maintain healthy weight.
Increase physical activity.
Lower salt intake to less than 2g per day (most Americans get 5 to 10 grams a day).
Limit caffeine.
Limit alcohol.
Reduce stress.
Caring for those ages 80 and over
As long as there haven't been any concerns regarding falls or dizziness, most geriatricians consider this range to be a good level for blood pressure, even in those who are taking medications for hypertension.
However, as people get older or more chronically ill, they become more likely to develop side effects from blood pressure medications, such as dizziness when they first stand up. For this reason, if you're concerned about falls or dizziness, make sure your (or your loved one's) blood pressure has been checked for "postural" or "orthostatic" changes. Some older people feel better once their blood pressure medications have been reduced a bit.
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Wister, Whitesboro, Talihina make Wister Tournament semifinals; Howe, Panama in today's consolation finals at noon
WISTER — Three LeFlore County baseball teams found themselves late Friday in the winner's bracket semifinals of the Wister Invitational Tournament, with one more win putting them into this afternoon's title game.Tournament host Wister had little problem with Hartford, Ark., winning 13-1 in three innings. That put the Wildcats into Friday night's semifinal against local rival Whitesboro.The Bulldogs avenged last week's LeFlore County Tournament loss to Panama by downing the Razorbacks 9-5 — the same score the Hogs beat the 'Dogs by in their opening-round county tournament game.The 'Cats and the 'Dogs met Friday night with the winner playing for the tournament title at 4 this afternoon, while the loser will play for third place at 2 this afternoon.On the other side of the bracket, Talihina met Red Oak late Friday afternoon with the victor playing the Wister-Whitesboro winner for the tournament title this afternoon.The Golden Tigers handled the Howe Lions 12-2 in four innings, while the Eagles soared over the Wister junior varsity 10-1 in five innings.The Talihina-Red Oak loser will play the Wister-Whitesboro loser for third place this afternoon.The Lions will live to play another day in the event as they bested the Wister JV 9-3 in Friday afternoon's consolation semifinals.The Lions will meet the Panama Razorbacks in this afternoon's consolation championship at high noon. The Hogs blanked Hartford 8-0.


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(2) A phosphate ester of the 3-carbon sugar glyceraldehyde and has chemical formula: C3H7O6P.
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We're right in the middle of world's biggest and greatest race, one of the toughest rallies known to mankind. We're talking about the famous, or should I same notorious, Dakar rally.
Back in 1978, Frenchman Thierry Sabine (already know for organizing the wacky Le Touquet beach race) got lost in the Libyan desert on his motorcycle while racing in the Abidjan-Nice rally. He spent many days & nights digging himself out of the sand, and thought this could be a great idea for a motorcycle race. So next year he organized a race for his friends, all amateurs, to race from Paris to Senegal's capital, Dakar.
Trucks were required to give assistance to the weary riders, and cars also entered the rally. A legend was born, the Paris-Dakar rally.
Although even today the majority of races have finished in Dakar, it wasn't always the route Paris to Dakar. The last time Paris was used as departure was in 2001, and even before that, 3 times Paris was avoided. The reason for that was simple; weather. The Dakar rally starts in January, and often it snows at that time in France.
The routes were different each year, and eventually Dakar was left out of the destination. With more and more terrorist activities taking place in the Northern part of Africa, eventually in 2009 the organizers, ASO (organizers a.o. of the famous bicycle race the Tour de France), decided to move the race to South America, where it is still being held today.
The motorcycle portion of the race (the rally is divided into cars, quad, trucks and motorcycles) generates the most interest from the public. And there's a good reason for it; the efforts required to ride a motorcycle through deep sand, dunes, mountains, plaines and the feared fesh-fesh (a thin ash), often for hours on end, are practically inhuman. Riders at times don't get to see their beds (which are small pup-tents) for days, requiring major physical efforts to dig out their bikes from the sand, repair & maintain and provide their own assistance. And all that while high speed cars and trucks blast past them, often missing them by a hair (and sometimes they do crash with deadly results – 62 people have died in the Dakar, but not all in the race, sometimes in "normal" traffic accidents).
The dream of most is just to finish the race and arrive at the final destination in one piece. Forget about winning the race, that's left to super professionals like Cyril Despres, Marc Coma and a few others. Usually more than 50% of the entered bikes don't arrive at their destination, some even ending their dreams in the first day.
The professionals, all riding for manufacturers' teams, require big budgets to win. Millions are spent on the race, since it's a showcase for the motorcycle manufacturer if they win world's toughest race.
Since 2001, Austrian manufacturer KTM has won every single race. Before that, the bikes that won most races were BMW, Honda and Yamaha. But all sorts of bikes have entered the race, Moto Guzzi, Cagiva and even a Vespa scooter.
Entering the race, even as an amateur costs a lot of money, so much that some have even mortgaged their homes to be able to race. ASO figure that you need a budget of €75,000 to race as amateur.
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Stephane Peterhansel is by far the racer with the most victories. He won the race on a Yamaha motorcycle 6 times, and then went racing in a car, winning the Dakar 4 times. It shows how tough the race is for motorcycles, since several motorcycle winners have gone to race cars in the Dakar.
Thierry Sabine had a slogan for his race, a slogan is means something to competitors and spectators alike: "A challenge for those who go. A dream for those who stay behind.".
Unfortunately, Thierry Sabine died in a helicopter crash during the 1986 rally. Today, the legend still lives, and millions (according to ASO statistics, 1 billion people will have seen images of the race each year) enjoy and dream of this race.
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I think the whole point of our discourse is that there is no definitive answer. If there was proof one way or the other the discussion would be pointless
You could discuss this if you are running out of steam and need some new food
I think the whole point of our discourse is that there is no definitive answer. If there was proof one way or the other the discussion would be pointless
deschainXIX wrote:But all the evidence out there in combination with novice-level reasoning suggests the absence of any lingering consciousness after death.
deschainXIX wrote: It simply makes no sense, and it defies everything we have figured out about biology and neurology in the last 100 or so years. We can even trace the origin of such primitive ideas as the afterlife. The reason these ideas have survived is because of blissful ignorance and wishful thinking.
deschainXIX wrote:Yep, that's what it says!
Except with one little important revision: "I will never believe anything that has no evidence to support it and has a whole world of evidence against it simply because I WANT it to be true."
deschainXIX wrote::lol: So at this point you're just starkly and shamelessly condemning the value of evidence, huh. There is a word for failing to construct belief upon evidence: delusional. You are really not worth having a realistic conversation with, are you? I think I realized that a long time ago; I'm only continuing discussion with you because it amuses me.
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Now listen to me, whatever god does is of no concern to you. You think god has to do everything for you? We humans have no right to judge our creator, god is the one and only god and has every right to treat us the way god wants.
Ergo God is an evil, tyrannical, Lovecraftian psychopath who I want nothing to do with.
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What to do if you get a letter from the IRS in the mail? What to do if you have gotten lots of mail from the IRS that you have done nothing about? (Maybe you didn't even open the mail?)
Here are two pithy pieces of advice that are easy to remember and easy to follow. If you get a letter from the IRS, don't panic. And, equally as important, don't ignore it.
The IRS recently published a list of its Top 10 tips regarding any letter from the IRS, and number 1 on the list: Don't panic. You often can take care of a notice simply by responding to it.
The IRS goes on to provide additional basic and sound advice, including:
–Each Notice has specific instructions, so read the entire Notice carefully. It will tell you what you need to do.
–If you get a notice that states the IRS has made a change or correction to your tax return, review the information and compare it with your original return.
–If you agree with the notice, you usually don't need to reply unless it gives you other instructions or you need to make a payment. More importantly, if you do not agree with the notice, it's important for you to respond. Some small items you can manage yourself. For other items, it might be wise to seek professional advice. (Note that the IRS advises taxpayers to write a letter to explain why they disagree with a notice, including any information and documents for the IRS to consider. This might be a quick avenue for a resolution; on the other hand, the unwitting taxpayer may be handing the IRS just the wrong information.)
–You won't need to call the IRS or visit an IRS office for most notices. If you do have questions, call the phone number in the upper right-hand corner of the notice. Have a copy of your tax return and the notice with you when you call. This will help the IRS answer your questions.
–Always keep copies of any notices you receive with your other tax records.
–ALWAYS be alert for tax scams. The IRS sends letters and notices by mail. The IRS does not contact people by email or social media to ask for personal or financial information.
Besides the advice not to panic, equally important is the advice not to ignore correspondence from the IRS. In other words, don't procrastinate! On the topic of Correspondence from the IRS, Kelly Erb, in a recent blog post, describes the taxpayer who arrives at her office with piles of unopened mail from the IRS. I especially liked her description of clients who bring in suitcases full of unopened IRS mail. Following the "don't panic" mantra, she provides the best advice of all: Take a deep breath and open the envelope.
Once you have taken the deep breath, move quickly to not procrastinating. Most correspondence from the IRS is time sensitive. There are often deadlines. Usually, you or your tax professional can fix the problem as long as you don't ignore the letter from the IRS or procrastinate taking action.
If you recognize yourself in any of these scenarios, you might need to seek out professional tax help. At Lowrance Law, we are glad to help taxpayers open up piles (large or small!) of old IRS letters. We would love to help you file old tax returns so you can get caught up. We stand ready to help you take that deep breath so you don't panic, and to nudge you along so you don't procrastinate and make things worse than they need to be.
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The $997,000 increase to Alaska's Department of Fish and Game budget for next year made it through the state's budget process. The deal was made in late April, when both the House and Senate agreed to identical line item increases throughout the state.
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Statement Regarding Water Fluoridation (Sep 12, 2012)
This morning, I voted in favor of fluoridating Portland's water. I wish to thank everyone who called or emailed their opinion and to share information with me on flouridation. To the nearly 300 people who testified at the public hearing, I stand in awe of your civility and respect for one another, and to the City Council—through seven hours of testimony.
As the city's children's commissioner, I oversee nearly $100 million in taxpayer funds to protect and care for children through the Portland Children's Levy. When I make those investment decisions I look for proven means to maximize the health, safety and welfare of our kids.
For a relatively small public expenditure to flouridate our drinking water, our community will reap tremendous long-term dividends in the form of the improved health of Portland's kids. In addition, the public testimony documents the benefits to the dental health of older adults.
Some opponents argue we should not flouridate our water because dental health is an individual's responsibility. While this is a nice concept in theory, the reality is a three-year old child cannot be expected to take responsibility for their own dental health
A child in foster care who has been in a dozen foster homes cannot be expected to ensure that the adults looking after her get her proper dental care or even have access to her dental records. I believe it is particularly important to protect the health of young children but I also believe we need to help ensure their future success in life.
The dental health of a child during their formative years will affect him for his entire life. It is extremely hard to concentrate in school when your mouth hurts all the time. Later in life, the self-consciousness that results from poor dental care can become a major barrier to finding a job.
The single most effective, safest, and affordable way to extend life-long dental health to our youngest Portlanders is to fluoridate our drinking water. This is the right thing to do.


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Steven Edward Yount, 52
Steven Edward Yount, 52, passed away Dec. 11, 2010.
He was born Oct.15, 1958 in Lenoir, North Carolina to the late Stuart Yount and Peggy and John Frost.
At the age of 12 he moved with his family to Pocatello. He graduated from Highland High School in 1976. He furthered his education at Idaho State University.
He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served a full time mission in the Bristol, England area.
He married Kathy Whitaker on May 20, 1983 in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They have four wonderful children.
He worked at Bechtel as a waste management specialist.
In his spare time he was a member of the Kelly Canyon Ski Patrol for 12 years and for the past 5 years he was the candidate trainer.
He enjoyed skiing, basketball, golfing, and riding motorcycles. He also enjoyed supporting his children in all their extra-curricular activities.
He is survived by his wife, Kathy, and children, Joshua (Crystal), Alyssa, Tia, and Ian; parents, Peggy and John Frost and sister, Lisa Grimm.
He was preceded in death by his father, grandmothers, and grandfathers.
Special thanks to EIRMC emergency personnel and the Kelly Canyon Ski Patrol. We will always hold a special place in our heart for the Kelly Canyon Ski Patrol and all they did to help him.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec.16, 2010, at the Goshen Ward Chapel (792 North 1090 East).
The family will receive friends Wednesday from 7-8:30 p.m. at Nalder Funeral Home (110 West Oak) in Shelley and Thursday from 9:30-10:40 a.m. at the church.
Burial will be in Goshen Cemetery. Condolences can be sent to the family at www.nalderfuneralhome.com.


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Enjoy the view of Dudhsagar Falls, one of the most spectacular ones in the country. This full day guided trip of around 13 hours takes you to the scenic waterfalls where volumes of water plummet several hundred feet creating a misty aura all around, giving it a milky white appearance. The best time to visit the place is from November through to May.
After reporting early morning around 7:30am at Dandeli, be driven to Castle Rock where you have breakfast and embark on a 20 minute train journey. It is through the scenic Castle Rock area where the Bollywood flick, Chennai Express was shot. A 30-minute trek after the train journey will take you to the Dudhsagar Falls that is more than a thousand feet in height (~310 metres) and nearly 30 metre wide, falling in a four-tiered formation. Once reaching, you can spend some leisure time with a wonderful view of the cascade. Lunch is served beside the breath-taking beauty. Another trek of nearly 30 minutes to the railway bridge and small ones of 1km offer you the pleasure of enjoying three different views of the falls.
The journey back to Dandeli traces back your route, and you finish your day with the beautiful Dudhsagar etched forever in your memories.
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After 50 some years of food service at a variety of restaurants Bobbi Stelljes is now the owner of the Fine Thyme Café in the River City Book Store at the "Y" in Soldotna. "It's a wonderful adventure I feel like I'm being rewarded for all the years of effort I've put into the food service business and loving it," Bobbi told the Dispatch in an interview. Stelljes says the menu will stay the same as will the friendly quality service, "The food is excellent and our customers love the friendly service so the only thing that will change will be our daily specials with a different special every day on our special board," she said. Bobbi says the most popular is the meat loaf sandwich, "And we have the best Rueben in Alaska, when folks see it for the first time their eyebrows may go up, but they come right back down with the first bite. Our soups are hearty and heart warming on cold days and to accompany your winter Hawaiian fantasies we have a great Kona Chicken sandwich featuring lime marinated chicken with coconut milk and fresh pineapple and avocado in a mango mustard sauce. We make it all right here and from the freshest of ingredients," said Bobbi
The atmosphere of the Fine Thyme Café is unique located within the Riverside Book Store where you are surrounded with real books that stimulate imagination and conservation. "We love our clientele, they are wonderful everyone seems to know each other when they come here and that makes for a comradery and family atmosphere that we truly love," she said. Here's what other people have said about the Fine Thyme Café and posted on their website: "This place is very relaxing. Tiny place right next to a book store. It serves some yummy soups and quiches. Along with great sandwiches. I always find myself staring at all the books when I come here. I enjoy reading one of their many books while waiting for my meal. It's a warm and relaxing atmosphere for just yourself or with a friend. The price is decent and the people who work there are friendly and helpful if you have questions about anything on the menu." "This cafe is inside River City Books, the kind of bookstore that you used to find everywhere but is now a rarity in the big box / Amazon / e-book era. There's a nice selection of quiches, salads, and sandwiches in a very relaxing atmosphere, with friendly people and good service. I met the owner and some of the staff on a boat ride to Halibut Cove, the day before we were scheduled to drive through Soldotna; otherwise I would never have noticed this place. They are clearly oriented toward local regulars, but it's a great little oasis for the weary traveler. Highly recommended."
Why buy a business at a time when others think of retiring? "I love this place and the people and besides I never thought I'd get this old and I still feel like I'm in my twenties," laughed Bobbi. Stelljes has been joined by her sister Jerri Scott from Utah who will be helping Bobbi with her new business, so stop in and welcome Jerri to Alaska, congratulate Bobbi and treat yourself to at "Fine Thyme!" The Fine Thyme Café is open daily 9:00am – 5:00pm Monday – Saturday and Sunday 11:00am – 4:00pm. Call in take out orders are available by calling 262-6620.


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TV is evolving. It's becoming more mobile, more connected and more readily available than ever before. This convergence is changing how we get our TV fix and what that consists of. Few of us are content to simply watch TV on a TV anymore.
We're tweeting, commenting, seeking and making recommendations, discovering new content, and more. Our behavior is creating a whole new ball game in content delivery and entertainment, and Motorola is at the forefront of the technology that's making it possible. For example, new products like Televation and DreamGallery are giving us rich, multi-screen experiences that are easy to navigate and simple to use.
We recently conducted a Media Engagement Barometer—fancy words for a study on how people are using media—which provided some good insight on how and why TV is evolving:
- The 2011 research discovered a nearly five-fold increase from 2010 in U.S. TV viewing taking place on smartphones—23 percent are currently watching mobile TV on their smartphones up from only 5 percent just a year ago. And, it's highly addictive, with those participating in mobile TV viewing doing it 3+ times a week.
- Americans are still watching a lot of TV – spending 21 hours per week in front of the set—2 hours more than last year – and 6 hours more than the global average of 15 hours per week.
- More than half (61 percent) of global respondents say they have already discussed a TV program with friends via a social network, and the trend is only expected to continue.
In summary, we're watching more TV. We're spending a lot of that viewing time on mobile devices. And our TV time is beginning to overlap and interplay with social networking.
CES is sure to showcase new innovations that address those trends. We'll be there with Motorola Televation and DreamGallery, among others. These are just a couple of the latest innovations you'll see from Motorola. What do you expect to see at CES 2012? Stay tuned for an action-packed show!


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When she's not writing ads in Sydney, Laura can be found indulging her love for all things Summer-related on her blog, This Island Life. If she could, she'd spend her time following the Summer to every exotic corner on earth. Until then, she'll continue working on her ever-expanding bikini collection while living on the biggest Island in the world.


text: Student Profiles Alexandria Marcella de Rubira Alexandria Marcella de Rubira Hometown: Aliso Viejo, California Major: Anthropology; Latin American Studies Minor Why did you come to Bowdoin? As a joke, I told my mom that I wanted to go to school as far away as possible. She may have interpreted that as a small college in the East Coast. In reality, I read about Bowdoin in a book about colleges, and the person who wrote about Bowdoin must have done a really good job because I liked what I read and decided to apply here. I had never been to the East Coast before and I actually had never even heard of any NESCAC schools. But, after visiting in April of my senior year in high school, I knew that this was where I wanted to go. While academics were important, location, dorms, and food were the aspects that made Bowdoin unique from the other schools I was looking at. Bowdoin is a residential college, so the food and dorms are an important part of college life. You only spend about 12 hours in class each week. I probably spend just as much time in the dining hall a week, and definitely more time in the dorms. The location is also crucial because Bowdoin is close to the coast, not isolated, but also not in a major city. Maine is so different from where I live and I really wanted to go somewhere new for college. At Bowdoin, I get the best of both worlds. I am able to enjoy the snow, and the different seasons, but I also get to go home to warm weather for the breaks. Why did you decide on your major? I came into Bowdoin thinking I might major in psychology or neuroscience, but I soon discovered that I did not really enjoy the time commitment needed for labs in the science courses I took. I didn't really want to major in anything in particular, but I knew I had to in order to graduate. Luckily, I ended up taking Anthropology 101 spring semester of my sophomore year. I looked at all of the requirements for the major and I decided that I enjoyed it enough to take all of those classes and major in it. The nice thing about Bowdoin is that there is a lot of room to take a variety of classes while still fulfilling the major requirements. What's the best class you've ever taken at Bowdoin? While some classes stick out more than others, I don't really have a favorite class. Looking back I am able to really appreciate Marine Biology with Professor Teegarden. I will never forget walking through mud up to my knees and digging for worms a few feet long in the mud. I hated it at the time, but I learned a lot in the class and for once really enjoyed the hands on experience offered during lab-time. Last semester I also randomly took Drawing I with Professor Mullen. I was so surprised at how much I learned in the class that I am now taking Painting I with him this semester. It's refreshing to take a class that doesn't involve writing a bunch of papers and reading. While I enjoy the classes in my major, these classes stick out because they are so different than the rest of the classes that I have taken at Bowdoin. What extracurricular activities do you participate in? Between swim team, water polo, swim lessons, and life guarding, I have somehow ended up spending a huge chunk of my time at the pool. I have been a member of the swimming team all four years at Bowdoin. I have also played some water polo. This spring we formed a club women's water polo team. During my time at Bowdoin, I have really enjoyed the laid back atmosphere that goes along with club sports. I came to Bowdoin having played water polo throughout high school, and only swam (and consequently, participated in the swim team) to stay in shape for polo. In addition to sports, I have also been active in an unofficial knitting club. My friend who graduated last year started it my freshman year. I couldn't believe that people actually knitted at Bowdoin and went as a joke. She taught me how to knit and I have been addicted ever since. What's your best Bowdoin memory? Again, I really don't like favorites. Some of my favorite Bowdoin memories will probably have to do with the swim team, the dining hall, or spring. I will never forget the swim team training trips to warm places (Puerto Rico) in January. It's perfect because it's a time to hang out with your teammates (and swim) without the stress and distraction of schoolwork. Everyone has to eat, no matter how much work they have, so the dining hall is a great place to socialize. Finally, while I love the change of seasons, my favorite time of year would have to be the few short weeks in the spring when it is warm enough to sit outside on the quad. This is just one of the reasons why Ivies Weekend is my favorite weekend of the year. What's your strangest or funniest experience while at Bowdoin? Well, this is probably one of those stories where you had to be there, but I will attempt to tell it to you anyway. At the beginning of this year I was lucky and acquired a futon. However, it was in Brunswick Apartments and I live in Pine Street Apartments. If you aren't familiar with Bowdoin's campus, Brunswick and Pine Streets are about as far apart as you can get while still being on campus. Unfortunately I don't have a car and I couldn't find anyone with a car that the futon frame would fit in. I had, however, just bought a cheap Walmart bike. So, my roommate Abbie and I walked over to Brunswick Apartments and balanced the futon on top of my bike. We then proceeded to wheel the bike and futon all the way back to Pine Street. It took forever and we got many weird looks along the way. We were even able to capture it on video tape because some of my friends happened to be driving by and saw us (why they were carrying a camera and recording random passers by is beyond me). Have you studied away during your time at Bowdoin? Initially, I really wanted to study away somewhere but couldn't decide where to go. I also chose my major relatively late, so I ended up not going abroad because I wanted to take a lot of classes for my major and get them out of the way. However, I did go to Ecuador during the summer between sophomore and junior year. Although my plans there didn't really work out, I was able to travel around the country and visit all my relatives. It was really nice to just get out of the country and travel around and experience another culture. My experience there is what ultimately led to my decision to minor in Latin American studies. Is there anything else about Bowdoin or your experiences here that you would want prospective students to know? Like I mentioned earlier, don't pick a college solely based on rankings or academics. The location, food, dorms, and people are just as important, if not more. Your college is your home for four years, and it should be a place you enjoy. Story posted on May 25, 2004 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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Junior high baseball team shows character in split with Fargo South
In a doubleheader split with Fargo South Thursday, the Valley City Junior High baseball team had plenty of reasons it could have gotten down on itself.
For one, until the Hi-Liners had a walk-off hit to win the first game 4-3 in six innings, they never held a lead.
Then, in the second game, the team allowed six runs in the top of the first inning.
But in both situations, the Hi-Liners simply kept swinging the bat, playing defense, and generally having fun.
The result were two close games — a 5-3 win in six innings, and a 9-6 loss.
"They don't really give up and we never really have," coach Jonathan Daluge. "I mean they've always come back against teams and they always kind of keep to the grind.
"It's awesome to see and awesome to coach. I mean you can do a lot of things with that."
In the first game, the Hi-Liners fell behind 2-0 in the first inning after Fargo's first two batters reached base — one on a single, the other on a dropped third strike— and eventually scored.
Valley City got one run back in the bottom of the first, then tied 2-2 it in the second when leadoff hitter Anthony Capistran was hit by a pitch and later scored.
Both teams scored a run in the third inning, with the Hi-Liners' tying run coming on a wild pitch that allowed Alex Milender to dash to both third base and home plate.
Valley City was kept in the game by pitcher Dalton Ondracek, who pitched 4.1 innings and allowed only three runs.
He was replaced by Nate Rodriguez after loading the bases with one out in the top of the fifth. Rodriguez then struck out the first batter he faced and got a flyout to end the inning.
"He was just kind of mixing it up and just going with his strengths," Daluge said about Ondracek. "He does throw a lot of strikes. That's why we like him and that's why we put in Nate as well. They both throw a lot of strikes. At this age, that's what we want to see and that's what we like."
Rodriguez pitched the sixth inning and retired the side in four batters, which set him up for the win in the bottom half.
Rodriguez led off for the Hi-Liners in the bottom of the sixth and reached base on a walk. Drew Oberlander then had a single to left field.
After another single to load the bases, they were brought in on a double by Capistran to left field, ending the game.
In the 9-6 loss, the Hi-Liners took a different pitching strategy, using a new pitcher each inning of the game, including two in the first.
"Next week we have Thursday, Friday, Saturday (games) so we wanted to see all the arms that we have and see what we can use in certain situations," Daluge said. "We're just having the kids get out there and getting their experience."
The only issue the younger pitchers dealt with was a lack of control at times, including the first inning, when the Hi-Liners allowed six runs on four walks, two errors, and two singles.
The team responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning, brought on by three hits and two key fielding errors that allowed runs to score.
Throughout the rest of the game, the Hi-Liner pitchers kept the game from getting out of hand and the offense matched what Fargo South put out.
The Hi-Liner offense included a solid performance from Halverson, who went 2-3 with two triples. He finished with three RBI and one run scored.
"We usually like him lower line-up because he gets a lot of fast balls and he's a fastball hitter," Daluge said. "The second game we just gave him a chance and we put him in the three spot and it really helped us. He hit the ball well."


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Today Provost & Academic Dean Elizabeth L. Hillman will participate in a second day of public hearings as a member of a federal advisory committee on sexual assault in the military.
Watch on CSPAN: http://www.c-span.org/video/?319182-1/defense-dept-meeting-sexual-assault-prevention
The Comparative Systems Committee, which she chairs, issued an interim report yesterday with some 77 recommendations (supported by hundreds of findings) for improving the military's response to sexual assault. Today, she will report on a separate statement in which she supports removing the discretion to prosecute from the chain of command.
"I support proposals to rely on impartial, independent prosecutors instead of commanders to exercise prosecutorial discretion in the military justice system. We're making recommendations for improvements in areas that haven't yet received much attention," says Hillman, "including leveling the playing field for defense counsel in sexual assault cases, reducing the pressure to prosecute in every situation, improving the accuracy and comparability of survey data, and increasing the authority of the military judge to hear pre-trial motions and to sentence."


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Emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are changing the atmosphere in ways that affect the Earth's climate. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide as well as methane, nitrous oxide and other gases. They are emitted from fossil fuel combustion and a range of industrial and agricultural processes.
The evidence is incontrovertible: Global warming is occurring.
If no mitigating actions are taken, significant disruptions in the Earth's physical and ecological systems, social systems, security and human health are likely to occur. We must reduce emissions of greenhouse gases beginning now.
Because the complexity of the climate makes accurate prediction difficult, the APS urges an enhanced effort to understand the effects of human activity on the Earth's climate, and to provide the technological options for meeting the climate challenge in the near and longer terms. The APS also urges governments, universities, national laboratories and its membership to support policies and actions that will reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.
(adopted by Council on April 18, 2010)
There is a substantial body of peer reviewed scientific research to support the technical aspects of the 2007 APS statement. The purpose of the following commentary is to provide clarification and additional details.
The first sentence of the APS statement is broadly supported by observational data, physical principles, and global climate models. Greenhouse gas emissions are changing the Earth's energy balance on a planetary scale in ways that affect the climate over long periods of time (~100 years). Historical records indicate that the Earth's climate is sensitive to energy changes, both external (the sun's radiative output, changes in Earth's orbit, etc.) and internal. Internal to our global system, it is not just the atmosphere, but also the oceans and land that are involved in the complex dynamics that result in global climate. Aerosols and particulates resulting from human and natural sources also play roles that can either offset or reinforce greenhouse gas effects. While there are factors driving the natural variability of climate (e.g., volcanoes, solar variability, oceanic oscillations), no known natural mechanisms have been proposed that explain all of the observed warming in the past century. Warming is observed in land-surface temperatures, sea-surface temperatures, and for the last 30 years, lower-atmosphere temperatures measured by satellite. The second sentence is a definition that should explicitly include water vapor. The third sentence notes various examples of human contributions to greenhouses gases. There are, of course, natural sources as well.
The evidence for global temperature rise over the last century is compelling. However, the word "incontrovertible" in the first sentence of the second paragraph of the 2007 APS statement is rarely used in science because by its very nature science questions prevailing ideas. The observational data indicate a global surface warming of 0.74 °C (+/- 0.18 °C) since the late 19th century. (Source: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html)
The first sentence in the third paragraph states that without mitigating actions significant disruptions in the Earth's physical and ecological systems, social systems, security and health are likely. Such predicted disruptions are based on direct measurements (e.g., ocean acidification, rising sea levels, etc.), on the study of past climate change phenomena, and on climate models. Climate models calculate the effects of natural and anthropogenic changes on the ecosphere, such as doubling of the CO2-equivalent [1] concentration relative to its pre-industrial value by the year 2100. These models have uncertainties associated with radiative response functions, especially clouds and water vapor. However, the models show that water vapor has a net positive feedback effect (in addition to CO2 and other gases) on global temperatures. The impact of clouds is less certain because of their dual role as scatterers of incoming solar radiation and as greenhouse contributors. The uncertainty in the net effect of human activity on climate is reflected in the broad distribution of the predicted magnitude of the consequence of doubling of the CO2-equivalent concentration. The uncertainty in the estimates from various climate models for doubling CO2-equivalent concentration is in the range of 1°C to 3°C with the probability distributions having long tails out to much larger temperature changes.
The second sentence in the third paragraph articulates an immediate policy action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to deal with the possible catastrophic outcomes that could accompany large global temperature increases. Even with the uncertainties in the models, it is increasingly difficult to rule out that non-negligible increases in global temperature are a consequence of rising anthropogenic CO2. Thus given the significant risks associated with global climate change, prudent steps should be taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions now while continuing to improve the observational data and the model predictions.
The fourth paragraph, first sentence, recommends an enhanced effort to understand the effects of human activity on Earth's climate. This sentence should be interpreted broadly and more specifically: an enhanced effort is needed to understand both anthropogenic processes and the natural cycles that affect the Earth's climate. Improving the scientific understanding of all climate feedbacks is critical to reducing the uncertainty in modeling the consequences of doubling the CO2-equivalent concentration. In addition, more extensive and more accurate scientific measurements are needed to test the validity of climate models to increase confidence in their projections.
With regard to the last sentence of the APS statement, the role of physicists is not just "...to support policies and actions..." but also to participate actively in the research itself. Physicists can contribute in significant ways to understanding the physical processes underlying climate and to developing technological options for addressing and mitigating climate change.*
[1] The concentration of CO2 that would give the same amount of radiative impact as a given mixture of CO2 and other greenhouse gases (methane, nitrous oxide, etc.). The models sum the radiative effects of all trace gases and treat the total as if it comes from an "equivalent" CO2 concentration. The calculation for all gases other than CO2 takes into account only increments relative to their pre-industrial values, so that the pre-industrial effect for CO2 and CO2-equivalent are the same.
* In February 2012, per normal APS process, the Panel on Public Affairs recommended four minor copy edits so that the identification of sentences and paragraphs correspond to the 2007 APS Climate Change Statement above. View the copy edits.